Pablo Picasso

(Spanish, 1881–1973)

Pablo Picasso was one of the most influential artists of the 20th century. His use of form, color, and perspective profoundly impacted later generations of painters, including Willem de Kooning and David Hockney. “There are artists who transform the sun into a yellow spot, but there are others who, thanks to their art and intelligence, transform a yellow spot into the sun,” he once said. Born Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno Crispín Crispiniano María de los Remedios de la Santísima Trinidad Ruiz Picasso on October 25, 1881 in Málaga, Spain, his talent was cultivated early on by his father the painter Jose Ruíz Blasco. Picasso went on to attend the Royal Academy of San Fernando in Madrid, he lived for a time in Barcelona before settling in Paris in 1904. Immersed in the Parisian avant-garde circles of Gertrude Stein, Picasso rapidly transitioned styles from Neo-Impressionism through his Blue Period and Rose Period. He reached a unique style with the painting Les Demoiselles d’Avignon (1907). Constantly in search of pictorial solutions and in dialogue with his friend Georges Braque, Picasso melded the forms he saw in African sculpture with the fractured compositions he admired in Paul Cézanne  to produce the style of Cubism. Not limited to painting, the artist also produced collage, sculpture, and ceramics. After being deeply affected by the tragedies of the Spanish Civil War, Picasso created what is arguably his most political work Guernica (1937), a mural-sized painting depicting war-torn carnage with jagged shapes in contrasting grayscale. The artist was prolific up until his death on April 8, 1973 in Mougins, France. Today, his works are held in the collections of The Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Tate Gallery in London, the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, as well as institutions devoted solely to his work, including the Museo Picasso Málaga, the Museu Picasso in Barcelona, and the Musée National Picasso in Paris.

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Danseur et animal, 1962

Pablo Picasso

Danseur et animal, 1962

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Quatre études de personnages - recto Etudes..., 1923

Pablo Picasso

Quatre études de personnages - recto Etudes..., 1923

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Homme assis avec chapeau, 1914

Pablo Picasso

Homme assis avec chapeau, 1914

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Maternité, 1902–1903

Pablo Picasso

Maternité, 1902–1903

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Etudes, 1912

Pablo Picasso

Etudes, 1912

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Nu and Dates '8 septembre', 1902

Pablo Picasso

Nu and Dates '8 septembre', 1902

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Buste de femme, 1912

Pablo Picasso

Buste de femme, 1912

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Vielle femme assise sur une chaise, 1914

Pablo Picasso

Vielle femme assise sur une chaise, 1914

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Homme agenouillé et femme nue, 1903

Pablo Picasso

Homme agenouillé et femme nue, 1903

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a. Saltimbanque au Diadème, assise b. Femme..., 1905

Pablo Picasso

a. Saltimbanque au Diadème, assise b. Femme..., 1905

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Centaure

Pablo Picasso

Centaure

Sale Date: October 27, 2022

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Small owl jug

Pablo Picasso

Small owl jug

Sale Date: October 27, 2022

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Senza titolo, 1970

Pablo Picasso

Senza titolo, 1970

Sale Date: October 20, 2022

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Senza titolo, 1970

Pablo Picasso

Senza titolo, 1970

Sale Date: October 20, 2022

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Personnages masques et Femme Oiseau

Pablo Picasso

Personnages masques et Femme Oiseau

Sale Date: October 27, 2022

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Rembrandt et têtes de femmes, 1934

Pablo Picasso

Rembrandt et têtes de femmes, 1934

Sale Date: October 27, 2022

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Présence Africaine 1er Congres des Ecrivains , 1956

Pablo Picasso

Présence Africaine 1er Congres des Ecrivains , 1956

Sale Date: October 22, 2022

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Tauromachie / Corrida, 1957

Pablo Picasso

Tauromachie / Corrida, 1957

Sale Date: October 15, 2022

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Femme Nu Assise, 1964

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Femme Nu Assise, 1964

Sale Date: September 22, 2022

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Femme Debout, 1938

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Femme Debout, 1938

Sale Date: September 22, 2022

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Enlèvement III, from Séries 347, 1968

Pablo Picasso

Enlèvement III, from Séries 347, 1968

Sale Date: September 22, 2022

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Femme au Buste en couer

Pablo Picasso

Femme au Buste en couer

Sale Date: October 15, 2022

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Untitled, 1971

Pablo Picasso

Untitled, 1971

Sale Date: October 15, 2022

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Tete, 1937

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Tete, 1937

Sale Date: October 15, 2022

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